Feb
17
Media Servers (HTPC)
Filed Under Media Servers (HTPC)
Some call them home theater PC’s, others prefer the term media server while others just curse in their general direction, whatever you call them they look a lot like the future of home theater. In some form or another it won’t be long before most home theater enthusiasts have a “box” in their living room or home theater that can: record live tv, playback local video files, stream audio and video from another connected device, play games and ultimately access the internet to bring in new content in the form of pay-per view movies and even live “TV” events.
Those of you with Xbox 360’s and Play Station 3’s and networked video devices are already at the forefront of this movement but expect to see this type of functionality to appear in other, less platform specific devices in the future. A few ways to take advantage of the networked video revolution today are the aforementioned Xbox 360’s (particularly when used on the same network as a Vista Media Center equipped PC) A Mac mini using Apples “Front Row” software and devices like the limHD200i from Tomarco.
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